Forget Humanoid Robots. The FCC Banned New Foreign-Made Solar Inverters
What’s newYou might have seen headlines this week about the Trump Administration banning the importation of humanoid robots. Maybe you even laughed, which is understandable! But buried in that ban is something far more impactful. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added foreign-made power inverters to its “Covered List” (the government’s roster of gear they consider a national security risk). Let us explain what those are. Most people, when they see a solar energy system, only see solar panels and have no idea what an inverter is. An inverter is the box that converts the direct…
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